794 Massacre of cavalry by machine guns (ask for a monthly pass)
The fleeing bicycle troops were a few hundred meters away, and Miki could even see them through binoculars.
The old devil ordered his squadron of cavalry to pursue him quickly.
He never dreamed that these Eighth Route Army could be so cunning.
In such a tense evacuation process, an ambush was even set up halfway.
"Hit-"
When the devil had a hundred and ten war horses, he rushed in through the gap in the mountain road.
Seeing that nearly half of the main force of the devil cavalry completely stepped into the ambush circle, Sun Zhenguo, the commander of the first battalion, issued a combat order without hesitation.
Da Da Da β
Bang bang bang β
The irregular jumble of rifle gunfire rang out from the dirt slopes on both sides of the mountain road, mixed with the rattle of light machine guns that had quickly become the main theme of the battlefield.
The machine-gun fire deployed by Sun Zhenguo in advance was aimed at the cavalry troops of the devils.
In this second ambush operation of Dafeng, the new regiment only sent such a straight-line station team over.
With Ding Wei's character, it is very face-saving.
How is it possible not to give their precious straight car troops an enhanced firepower allocation?
The squad of the little devils is almost three light machine guns, and when they are evenly divided, each squad has one machine gun.
But in Ding Wei's view: "This is far from enough. β
Perhaps it was the reason why the generals of the Eighth Route Army were often passively beaten and held back their breath in the face of the superior firepower of the Japanese army, and most of them had a phobia of lack of firepower.
So this time the new regiment sent a team of straight cars.
Ding Wei waved his hand heroically, and one squad was equipped with two light machine guns.
The first and second platoons left at the moment can be considered reinforced platoons, with a total of four squads, that is, eight light machine guns.
The machine guns of these two platoons were concentrated on both sides of the dirt slope at the entrance of the mountain road, eight on the left and right, a total of 16 light machine guns, and the entire mountain pass was completely blocked with side-firing fire.
The frantically accumulating bullets seemed to be intertwined in mid-air into a dense network of firepower, pouring towards the devil cavalry who could not stop the war horse from continuing to rush forward.
What is it like?
It's like being in a pass full of machine-gun fire, and the devil cavalry is like moths to the flames, sending their guns to the muzzle one after the other.
The sudden burst of firepower caught the galloping devil cavalry off guard.
Under intensive fire, casualties spread rapidly.
In the figure of galloping quickly, the devils quickly fell off the horse's back one by one, leaving only the somewhat confused war horse to rush for a distance, and after not feeling the reins of his whipping, he gradually stopped the horse's hooves.
The little devil's war horses are specially trained, and the guns and cannons on the battlefield are easy to frighten the horses.
For these war horses, it is already strange.
Without the devil on their backs, the war horses were happy and relaxed, and after breaking away from the devils, they were swaying leisurely not far from the mountain road.
The ambush battle continued, and the No. 100 devil cavalry, who took the lead in rushing out, had already suffered more than half of the casualties in the blink of an eye.
The speed of the cavalry, galloping very fast
It was easy to rush forward, it was difficult to make a U-turn, just under the blockade of dense machine-gun fire that stretched the line of defense.
There are no little devils who can rush through the mountain road with the fire from both sides.
"Retreat, retreatβ"
Miki, the old devil who was following in the rear, saw that his cavalry was being harvested like leeks, and his eyes were cracked, so he hurriedly gave an order.
Da Da Da β
Dense fire poured down on the devil cavalry who were tightening the reins of their horses and scurrying back.
A dozen more little devils fell from their horses.
"Fire!"
In line with Sun Zhenguo, who was the first to strike, he didn't give the little devil time to breathe at all, and the soldiers of the straight-ahead car team were not only equipped with a considerable number of light machine guns, but also equipped with these 50 small cannons.
The weight of these small-caliber guns themselves was not much, and it was more convenient to carry.
The captured devil grenadier canisters were transformed, or brackets were added, or the barrels were increased and thickened, and there was now a 50 cannon.
Use the most economical resources to create a weapon that can suppress the devil's grenadier.
Boom β
In the series of shelling, the devil cavalry who had fled more than 200 meters away, and many of them were blown up.
The devil's Type 89 grenadier originally had an effective range of five or six hundred meters.
And the 50 small cannon that has been transformed by the Eighth Route Army, after adding the propellant pack, with greater propulsion, is even longer than the range of the devil's Type 89 grenadier.
Sun Zhenguo wanted to force the devil's cavalry back out of the range of the devil's grenadier in one go.
In order to beware of the little devils withdrawing, they shelled the ambush area.
After the devil cavalry retreated in embarrassment, there was no need for Sun Zhenguo to greet them, the soldiers quickly rushed down the dirt slope, quickly cleaned the battlefield on the spot, captured equipment and ammunition, and the dazed war horses.
Soon the battlefield was cleaned up, and a platoon leader ran to Sun Zhenguo and grinned, his smiling eyes were almost gone: "Hehe, battalion commander, a total of fifty-six war horses have been captured." β
The battle situation was urgent, and Sun Zhenguo couldn't care about being happy, so he gave an order:
"The demolition team quickly laid some mines on the retreating mountain road.
The rest of the personnel were divided into two groups, and the machine guns, small guns, and some heavier equipment, all of which were drawn by war horses, were withdrawn in advance, and the rest of the personnel quickly followed up and transferred along the mountain road.
Prepare to continue the ambush at the second ambush point. β
"Yes!"
......" report to the commander that the casualties have been fully counted.
Eighty-seven soldiers were killed and seventy-five horses were lost. β
All the way out of the ambushed mountain road, the devil soldiers counted the casualties, and reported to the old devil Miki.
"Yagaββ, these damn bastards!"
Miki couldn't help but scold, the so-called imperial officer's self-cultivation was lost.
The devil adjutant on the side remained silent, and couldn't help muttering in his heart: If you follow the tank forward, there will never be such casualties.
"Sir, what are we going to do next?"
Miki, who was dizzy for a long time, looked at the cavalry unit that was disabled by nearly half of them in an ambush, and looked at the mountain road where there was no movement, but you never knew where there was an ambush, and said helplessly:
"These damn dirt roads are really cunning, and there are most likely ambushes along the way, so let's wait for the tank team to arrive, and then use tanks to drive in and cover the way!"
"Hey!"
The devil who answered was also relieved, he was afraid that the commander's head would be hot, and then let the cavalry continue to pursue without any scruples.
Almost ten minutes passed.
Three tanks and four armored vehicles of the Devil Tank Squad arrived amid a roar.
With the advance of the tanks, the devil cavalry dared to return to the mountain road where they had been ambushed before.
At this time, at a glance, only the corpses of Japanese soldiers remained, and there were many killed war horses.
As for the eight roads ambushed on both sides, as well as those living war horses, they have long disappeared.
Obviously, the ambushed Eighth Route Army withdrew, and also took the captured war horses with them.
The direction extending from the horseshoe prints can determine the evacuation route of this gang of eight roads.
"Baga, you must catch up with this gang of dirt and eight roads, and destroy them all, and leave no one behind!"
Miki, who was so angry that his face turned pale, yelled and ordered.
It's just that this old devil has learned to be cautious this time, and on the way on, he doesn't dare to let the cavalry get too far away from the tanks and armored vehicles, and go deep alone.
Boom β
There was another explosion, and a war horse triggered some mines planted by Sun Zhenguo and his party when they left.
After the explosion, the horse's leg was blown off, and the horse neighed.
The little devil who fell hard from his horse accepted the serious injury.
The adjutant hurriedly ordered the sappers to carry out demining.
Nakamura, the leader of the chariot team, thought that this was too much of a waste of time and would affect the pursuit of Hachiro.
And as far as he could observe, the power of these mines was not very impressive.
It seems to be some less powerful mines made by the dirt eight roads.
He then ordered a Type 89 tank to push directly forward and test out the laid mines.
Outcome......
Boom β
As we continued to move forward, the first few triggered mines were fine, and even the tracks of the devil tank kept exploding.
Not to mention the thick armor of the tank.
After another hundred and ten meters, there was a loud bang.
The ground seemed to tremble in the explosion, and the right side of the devil's entire tank seemed to be lifted off a bit, and the tracks were blown off on the spot.
A moment later, the hatch of the tank opened, and a little devil with a bloody face came out of it and hurriedly shouted:
"Sir, the driver is seriously injured and cannot continue to drive the tank!"
Nakamura: "......"
Miki: "......"
The two of them fell for the trick of the Eight Roads again.
The power of the mine explosion triggered by this subsequent trigger is not at the same level as the power of the previous eight-way homemade ground mine.
Nakamura, who was simply broken, couldn't help but laugh at Miki, who had been ambushed before.
The two old devils honestly arranged for the soldiers to repair the tank.
And make up your mind, in the follow-up advancement, let the sappers go first, and be sure to ensure that you don't encounter the mine traps of the Eighth Route halfway......
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